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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JULY 06: Isaac Paredes #15 of the Houston Astros at bat throughout the recreation between the Houston Astros and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on July 06, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
The Boston Red Sox can’t appear to get out of their very own method. Sitting at 9-17, and falling within the American League East, wholesale adjustments may have to be made quickly. Rumors will begin to flow into, however there’s a world the place the Red Sox might really get drastically higher in the event that they play their playing cards proper.
With Brayan Bello struggling a lot, it’s honest to imagine he could be a commerce chip, however his worth continues to plummet, so what would a commerce package deal to land Houston Astros‘ infielder Isaac Paredes seem like? Houston may be trying to commerce off a few of its useful property in the event that they proceed to lose.
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Red Sox Trade Pitch Sends Away Brayan Bello for Isaac Paredes
(Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)Brayan Bello #66 of the Boston Red Sox throws a pitch throughout the second inning towards the New York Yankees in recreation two of the American League Wild Card Series at Yankee Stadium on October 01, 2025 within the Bronx borough of New York City.
SI.com’s Patrick McAvoy has Isaac Paredes at No. 3 on his huge board of commerce candidates, and the Red Sox are floated as a prime vacation spot:
“Paredes is going to be on this list pretty much all season. It was known throughout the offseason that the Houston Astros were shopping him, although no deal came together. Paredes isn’t having his best season yet, but someone should be willing to roll the dice on his power bat.”
Despite the headline, sadly, this may’t be a player-swap deal on account of Brayan Bello’s immense struggles. So, on this hypothetical commerce thought, the Red Sox offload Brayan Bello, Greg Weissert, and RHP prospect Marcus Phillies in change for Isaac Paredes.
Bello is tied to a six-year, $55 million contract, and remains to be simply 26-years-old, however he’s damage the Red Sox probabilities to win video games a number of instances this yr already. Brayan Bello has a 9.00 ERA over 22 innings and 5 begins this season. Recently, he gave up eight runs to the Baltimore Orioles, by which 5 of these runs got here by way of the house run selection, which is tremendous regarding. It could possibly be a great time to discover a commerce suitor for Bello, however Boston may need to take a few of the monetary burden of his contract to make a deal work.
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Brayan Bello’s Time with the Red Sox
Before this season, Brayan Bello has really been a really serviceable starter for the previous couple of years.
He debuted with the Red Sox in 2022, the place he made 11 begins and posted a 4.71 ERA. His ERA continued to hover across the 4.40-4.80 vary for the following three seasons.
In 2025, he confirmed big strides in manufacturing by making 28 begins and boasting a 3.35 ERA over 166+ innings.
Over 102 whole begins in his profession, Bello has a lifetime 4.28 ERA with 479 profession strikeouts. In 22 innings this season, he’s surrendered eight residence runs and walked 13 batters, which is just not sustainable.
There’s actually some optimistic regression for Brayan Bello if Alex Cora continues to offer him the ball, however it’s unclear how a lot runway he has if the begins don’t turn into extra aggressive.
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